Esmonde And Larbey
John Gilbert Esmonde (21 March 1937 – 10 August 2008) and Robert
Edward "Bob" Larbey (24 June 1934 – 31 March 2014), better known as
Esmonde and Larbey, were a successful British television comedy
scriptwriting duo from the 1960s to the 1990s, creating popular
sitcoms and hit comedy shows, such as
Please Sir!Please Sir! (1968–72), The
Good Life (1975–78),
Get Some In! (1975–78), Ever Decreasing
Circles (1984-89) and
Brush Strokes (1986–91).Contents1 Career1.1 Larbey's solo work2 TV credits2.1 Collaborations
2.2 Larbey without Esmonde3 References3.1 Obituaries of Bob Larbey
3.2 Obituaries of John Esmonde4 External linksCareer[edit]
Bob Larbey made his writing debut for
BBCBBC radio, before contributing a
film adaptation, Mrs Silly, starring Maggie Smith
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Gretchen FranklinGretchen FranklinGretchen Franklin (7 July 1911 – 11 July 2005) was an English
actress and dancer with a career in show business spanning over eighty
years.[1] She was born in Covent Garden, west London. She played Ethel
Skinner in the long-running
BBCBBC 1 soap opera
EastEndersEastEnders on a regular
basis from 1985 until 1988. After this she returned to the show
intermittently. These appearances became briefer and more widely
spaced as time went on. Her final appearance was in 2000, when her
character was killed off.Contents1 Early life
2 Acting career
3 EastEnders
4 Personal life and death
5 References
6 External linksEarly life[edit]
Gretchen FranklinGretchen Franklin was born into a theatrical family
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John AldertonJohn AldertonJohn Alderton (born 27 November 1940) is an English actor who is best
known for his roles in Upstairs, Downstairs, Thomas & Sarah,
Wodehouse Playhouse, Little Miss (original TV series), Please Sir!,
"Fimbles" "Pablo The Little Red Fox" and
Fireman SamFireman Sam (the original
series). Alderton has often starred alongside his wife, Pauline
Collins.Contents1 Early life
2 Early career2.1 Stage roles3 Post-1980 career
4 Personal life
5 References
6 External linksEarly life[edit]
Alderton was born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, the son of Ivy (née
Handley) and Gordon John Alderton.[1] He grew up in Hull where he
attended Kingston High School.[2]
Early career[edit]
Alderton first became familiar to television viewers in 1962, when he
played Dr Moone in the ITV soap opera, Emergency – Ward 10. He
married his co-star, Jill Browne, but they later divorced
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London Weekend TelevisionLondon Weekend TelevisionLondon Weekend Television (LWT) was the ITV network franchise holder
for
Greater LondonGreater London and the
Home CountiesHome Counties at weekends, broadcasting
from Fridays at 5.15 pm (7:00 pm until 1982) to Monday
mornings at 6:00 am.[1] From 1968 until 1992, when LWT's weekday
counterpart was Thames Television, there was an on-screen handover to
and from LWT when these times arrived; from 1993 to 2002, when LWT's
weekday counterpart was Carlton Television, the transfer occurred
invisibly during a commercial break as Carlton and LWT shared studio
and transmission facilities.
Like most former ITV regional franchises, including Carlton's, the
London weekend franchise is now operated by ITV plc. As of
2014[update], the franchise is still separately licensed, but unlike
many other franchises, it is no longer distinguished on air in any
way
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Frank Muir
Frank Herbert Muir, CBE (5 February 1920 – 2 January 1998) was an
English comedy writer, radio and television personality, and
raconteur. His writing and performing partnership with Denis Norden
endured for most of their careers. Together they wrote
BBCBBC Radio's
Take It From Here for over 10 years, and then appeared on
BBCBBC radio
quizzes
My Word! and My Music for another 35. Muir became Assistant
Head of Light Entertainment at the
BBCBBC in the 1960s, and was then
London Weekend Television's founding Head of Entertainment. His many
writing credits include editorship of The Oxford Book of Humorous
Prose.Contents1 Birth and early life
2 Early career
3 Writing for radio
4 Later career
5 Bibliography
6 ReferencesBirth and early life[edit]
Born in his grandmother's pub, the Derby Arms in Ramsgate,[1] Kent, he
spent part of his childhood in Leyton, London E10
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David Barry (actor)
David Barry (born 30 April 1943) is a Welsh actor. He is best known
for his role as Frankie Abbott, (the gum-chewing mother's boy who was
convinced he was extremely tough), in the LWT sitcom Please Sir! and
the spin-off series The Fenn Street Gang,
He also appeared in two TV spin-off movies - Please Sir! (1971) and
George and Mildred (1980).
His first broadcast script was written for The Fenn Street Gang and he
wrote many episodes of Thames TV's Keep it in the Family.[1]
In 2016, Barry is reprising the role of Frankie Abbott in his own play
A Day in the Lives of Frankie Abbott.[2]
Barry is also a novelist. His police thriller Each man kills, set in
Swansea, was published in 2002, to be followed by Willie the Actor in
2008. His autobiography was entitled Flashback. He has also written a
children's book, The Ice Cream Time Machine[1]. He currently lives in
Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
References[edit]^ a b "BARRY, DAVID List Of Writers"
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Carol HawkinsCarol Hawkins (born 31 January 1949 in Barnet, Hertfordshire) is an
English actress.Contents1 Biography
2 Film, television and theatre credits2.1 Filmography
2.2 Selective television credits
2.3 Selective theatre credits3 References
4 External linksBiography[edit]
Hawkins trained early on as a shorthand typist at Pitman´s College,
London, but, following some modelling and promotion work, attended the
Corona Stage Academy in Hammersmith, London. While still training as
an actress, she won the part of Sharon Eversleigh in the film of the
popular television series Please Sir!, replacing the departed Penny
Spencer
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George Baker (actor)
George Morris Baker, MBE (1 April 1931 – 7 October 2011) was an
English actor and writer. He was best known for portraying
TiberiusTiberius in
I, Claudius, and
Inspector Wexford in The
Ruth RendellRuth Rendell Mysteries.Contents1 Personal life
2 Career2.1 Early film stardom
2.2 Television work3 MBE
4 Death
5 Filmography
6 Television
7 Publications
8 Notes and sources
9 External linksPersonal life[edit]
Baker was born in Varna, Bulgaria.[1] His father was an English
businessman and honorary vice consul and his mother a
Red CrossRed Cross nurse
who moved to Bulgaria to help fight cholera.[1] He attended Lancing
College, Sussex; he then appeared as an actor in repertory theatre and
at the Old Vic
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Renny ListerRenny Lister is a retired British film and television actress.[1]Contents1 Personal life
2 Selected filmography2.1 Television roles3 References
4 External linksPersonal life[edit]
Renny Lister is married to film and television actor Kenneth Cope,
their sons Nick and Mark founded a rock band, The Candyskins, their
daughter Martha is an actress
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LondonLondonLondon (/ˈlʌndən/ ( listen)) is the capital and most
populous city of
EnglandEngland and the United Kingdom.[7][8] Standing on the
River ThamesRiver Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain, London
has been a major settlement for two millennia. It was founded by the
Romans, who named it Londinium.[9] London's ancient core, the City of
London, largely retains its 1.12-square-mile (2.9 km2) medieval
boundaries
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Paul Eddington
Paul Clark Eddington, CBE (18 June 1927 – 4 November 1995) was an
English actor who starred in the television sitcoms The Good Life and
Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister.Contents1 Early life
2 Career2.1 Rise to fame
2.2 Awards and honours3 Final years and death
4 Selected filmography
5 References
6 Further reading
7 External linksEarly life[edit]
Eddington was born in
St John's WoodSt John's Wood in
LondonLondon to Albert Clark
Eddington and Frances Mary (née Roberts).[1] The family were Quakers,
and Eddington was brought up by his parents with strict family values.
He attended Sibford School, Sibford Ferris, Oxfordshire
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